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Gräfenstein Castle Ruins – View of Gräfenstein Castle loop from Burg Gräfenstein

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Gräfenstein Castle Ruins – View of Gräfenstein Castle loop from Burg Gräfenstein

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Gräfenstein Castle Ruins – View of Gräfenstein Castle loop from Burg Gräfenstein

01:04

3.59km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Parking

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19 m

Trail to Gräfenstein Castle Ruins

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374 m

Gräfenstein Castle Ruins

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Very well preserved castle, there is a lot to discover here and there is a great view from the tower.

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1.36 km

View of Gräfenstein Castle

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2.09 km

Gräfenstein Hut

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The relatively newly built hut offers Pfälzer hut romanticism, the Palatinate favorite dishes, z. As a leaning bag, sausages, Servela and soups. In addition, obligatory coffee and cakes are served …

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2.20 km

Sunken Lane to Gräfenstein Castle Ruins

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Nice ravine, easy to walk on

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3.22 km

View of Merzalben Castle

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From the "Merzalber Castle" you have a great view over the Südwestpfalz.

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3.51 km

Knight's stone no. 54: Sheep farm

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Below the ruin Gräfenstein is the parking lot and there is also the PWV-Ritterstein No. 52 "Schäferei". As the name implies, here was the place where the sheep farm was …

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3.53 km

Exit of the Ewiges Pädsche at Gräfenstein Parking Lot

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The eternal Pädche starts longsom and gets faster and faster at the end - until the Graefeschtäh parking lot is "kicked out". Eefach a schähnie Abfahrd.

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3.59 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.87 km

1.68 km

Surfaces

1.63 km

1.25 km

413 m

184 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (300 m)

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Thursday 28 May

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Gräfenstein Castle Ruins – View of Gräfenstein Castle loop from Burg Gräfenstein

Trail to Gräfenstein Castle Ruins

Gräfenstein Castle Ruins

View of Gräfenstein Castle

Gräfenstein Hut

Sunken Lane to Gräfenstein Castle Ruins

View of Merzalben Castle

Knight's stone no. 54: Sheep farm

Exit of the Ewiges Pädsche at Gräfenstein Parking Lot

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